| 单词 | tending |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈtending ˈtending n.1 and adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > [noun] > action of serving ministrationc1384 ministryc1384 servingc1400 tendinga1616 administration1676 ministering1828 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > looking after nursing1597 tendfula1697 tending1816 mothering1855 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. v. 36 One of my fellowes..almost dead for breath..Giue him tending, He brings great newes. 1816 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1850) II. iv. 81 The shrubbery, in absence of the tending hand, had become a tangled wilderness. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. viii. 67 In its tending of the sick. 1909 Lady's Realm Feb. 466/1 The large log-house..and the tending slaves. ˈtending ˈtending n.2 Nautical in quots. 1769, 1867. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relation to something or reference respitea1382 beholdingc1449 respect1485 aspect1509 regardc1520 reference1581 referrance1583 tending1587 reflection1614 intuition1626 concernment1640 concerning1642 tendency1651 influence1672 re1707 view1719 bearing1741 ref1845 concern1863 society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > riding at anchor > swinging tending1587 wind-rode1635 winding1639 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ii. 20 The whole worlde and all things conteyned therein, doe by their tending vnto vs, teach vs to tend vnto one alone. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Tending, the movement by which a ship turns or swings round her anchor in a tide-way, at the beginning of the flood or ebb. 1846 D. King Treat. Lord's Supper vi. 175 It is all outward in its tendings. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Tending, the movement by which a ship turns or swings round when at single anchor, or moored by the head, at every change of tide or wind. < as lemmas |
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